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Using 'body mapping' to flag workers' ill health

Jocelyn Dorrell | Features | HSW | 09.11.2007

The technique of 'body mapping' was developed in the 1970s at Nottingham University to encourage workers to report ill-health symptoms. The employee-centred approach aids locating workplace health hazards and flagging up workers' health problems, especially musculoskeletal disorders, as Jocelyn Dorrell reports.

Site specifics: display screen equipment

Bridget Leathley | Features | HSW | 09.11.2007

Bridget Leathley explores how employees can use display screen equipment safely, with links to the latest guidance and research on how to minimise the risk of using VDUs. With sources ranging from the HSE and the London Hazard Centre to the BBC and the University of Reading, this offers a comprehensive range of advice.

Assessing employees' wellbeing

Lucie Ponting | Features | HSW | 15.09.2007

Health assessments for safety-critical staff make sense, says Lucie Ponting, but in other cases their value may be limited.

Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 (Amended)

Legislation | 17.05.2007

Health and Safety at Work, etc Act 1974

Legislation | 17.05.2007

Health review

News | HSW | 01.05.2007

Employers' obligations on sight tests for DSE users

Adrian Taylor | Features | HSW | 04.04.2007

Why is there so much confusion about employees' entitlement to sight tests? Is it the regulations? Or the status of glasses? Adrian Taylor of Specsavers brings into focus employers' obligations on sight tests for display screen equipment users.